Lake Navajo Water Database

Navajo Lake, San Juan River, Fly Fishing

Lake Navajo




Water Summary
Today is day 201 of 365 for water year 2026. We are 55% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 6037.19 on Sunday, April 19th, 2026
Lake Navajo was last within 3" of this elevation on Apr 18, 2026

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Navajo Dam Release Data
Lake Navajo is 47.81 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 6085.00 )

By content, Lake Navajo is 60.81% of Full Pool (1,696,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 313,742 acre feet

This is 108.81% of the average of 288,331 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 139,424 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 381,653 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has risen by 154,759 AF and total inflows have exceeded total outflows by 174,318 AF
Inflows for WY 2026 are 225.51% of WY 2025          Rivers feeding Lake Navajo are running at 28.12% of the avg. Click for Details

Lake Navajo is up 0.20 feet from one year ago.    Lake Navajo is at high for water year and up 16.75 feet from the low.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Navajo is up 0.74 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Sun, Apr 19, 2026
6037.19
0.02
1,031,383
481
333
73.6
31.6
Sat, Apr 18, 2026
6037.17
0.09
1,031,177
1061
327
63.0
23.0
Fri, Apr 17, 2026
6037.08
0.01
1,030,252
416
326
53.6
32.5
Thu, Apr 16, 2026
6037.07
0.01
1,030,149
408
323
69.3
32.5
Wed, Apr 15, 2026
6037.06
0.06
1,030,046
668
322
67.5
32.4
Tue, Apr 14, 2026
6037.00
0.06
1,029,430
697
318
59.0
40.1
Mon, Apr 13, 2026
6036.94
0.06
1,028,814
656
312
66.2
42.1
Sun, Apr 12, 2026
6036.88
0.04
1,028,198
549
309
67.8
38.7
Sat, Apr 11, 2026
6036.84
0.05
1,027,788
597
307
64.9
48.4
Fri, Apr 10, 2026
6036.79
0.11
1,027,275
910
307
75.9
47.8
Thu, Apr 09, 2026
6036.68
0.08
1,026,148
744
291
78.1
39.2
Wed, Apr 08, 2026
6036.60
0.05
1,025,329
552
263
76.8
40.1
Tue, Apr 07, 2026
6036.55
0.10
1,024,817
850
260
73.4
46.4
Mon, Apr 06, 2026
6036.45
0.07
1,023,795
721
254
69.8
40.5
Averages of List
6036.88
0.06
1,028,186
665.0
303.7
68.5
38.2

Averages for April 19th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (06-25-1973)
6051.27
-14.08
1,248,599
2498.49
1126.53
68.44
38.24
All-Time
6037.33
-0.14
1,136,073
2406.59
1103.63
68.44
38.24

Last 10 April 19th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Sat, Apr 19, 2025
6036.99
0.20
1,029,327
1134
429
50.4
34.7
Fri, Apr 19, 2024
6041.81
-4.62
1,079,803
1994
351
73.5
54.4
Wed, Apr 19, 2023
6038.56
-1.37
1,045,551
5657
301
66.6
49.1
Tue, Apr 19, 2022
6020.43
16.76
870,047
1789
289
80.0
40.0
Mon, Apr 19, 2021
6034.01
3.18
1,049,454
718
510
68.0
28.0
Sun, Apr 19, 2020
6055.27
-18.08
1,288,792
938
561
65.0
34.0
Fri, Apr 19, 2019
6032.55
4.64
1,034,421
3833
340
77.0
40.0
Thu, Apr 19, 2018
6050.43
-13.24
1,230,611
646
849
73.0
37.0
Wed, Apr 19, 2017
6075.18
-37.99
1,553,836
4658
476
73.0
45.0
Tue, Apr 19, 2016
6069.69
-32.50
1,476,262
1636
409
62.0
26.0
Averages of List
6045.96
-8.77
1,170,939
2104
469
69.7
40.9


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Measurements are taken at 11:59 pm of the date listed
Temperature data is from Navajo Dam, NM
CHANGE represents water elevation change from previous day

Units used in each measurement:
Elevation - Feet above sea level
Change - Feet difference over previous measurement
Content - Acre Feet
Inflow - Average Cubic Feet / Second over entire 24 hour period
Outflow - Average Cubic Feet / Second over entire 24 hour period
All Temps - Degrees Farhenheit
The Water Year runs from October 1 to September 30 of the next year
Acre Feet = 1.9835 * Flow CFS
TP = Total Precipitation



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*Air temp data is sourced from (Prev 24 Hr Extremes):    Farmington, NM Weather
Water data sourced from: Lake Navajo Source Data
Weather forecast for Navajo Dam, NM
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